Larding-needle.



G. H. PETERSON.

. LARDING NEEDLE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 26, 1913.

Patented June 23, 1914.

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Lemme-NEEDLE.

Specification or nette'rsratent.

Patented June 23, 1914.

1 Application filedilccember 2651913. er'iallfloftmfifii). I i

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GnononH. .Pn'rnaso'n,

a citizen of the United States, residingat Omaha, in the county ofDouglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in LardingNeedles, of

' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in larding needles, useful forthe purpose of improving roasts or the like where the meat is too firmor loan, by depositing strips of bacon, salt pork or other seasoningmaterial therein before it is baked or roasted, and has for itsprincipal object to provide such a construction that manufacture will beeconomical and convenient.

Another object is to providea gripping device so constructed that itwill be convenient in use for conducting and depositing the seasoningmaterial when the needle ispassed throu h the meat.

Sti another object is to provide aneedle ofthis'class which will havesuch form that it may be moved through the meat by minimum force, andwill have a gripping device of such form that it maybe quickly loadedand will readily release the material during .the movement of theneedle.

- trated in the drawing,

. With these and other-objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as describedherein and claimed, and as illuswherein- Figure 1 is a side view of alarding needle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic viewillustrating a plan for constructing the device from a metallic,rectangular sheet .or plate. Fig. 3 is a view, partly in section,showing a meat roast traversed b the device. Fig. 4 is a front end view0 the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a similar view to that shown inFig. 4:, a quantity of seasoning material being added.

Referring now to the drawing for a more particular description, theelongated body 6" of the device is preferably triangular m terminals abeing cross-section, one .of its ploint to facilitate tapered to form asharp the passage of the device t rough a piece of meat or othersubstance to be seasoned, the op osite end I) of the body 6 beingprovidbd with outwardly curved prongs Since these prongs are constructedof elastic material, they may be readily colla sed or disposed parallelwith the btidy 6 y anyforce which will move them from their normallycurved position. While the prongs are 'di'sposed in their .normalposition, any seasoning material 8, such as tallow, lard, butter, piecesof bacon or the like: may be fplaced'between said prongs, and when theneedle is moved forwardly to pass-through the meat'l2, the seasoningmaterial will be compressed 'between'the prongsand will be carriedwithin the incision or aperture m formedby the needle and will bedeposited in'the meat. p

The larding needle may be economically constructed by use of anattenuated, rectangular, metallic plate 9 incised adjacent to one of itsends on the broken, 0 d to provide outwardly convergent portions 10, itsopposite end being incised on lines e f opening outwardly upon the endand-parallel with inclined lin'es its side edges to provide wing-members11, saidplate being bent.

transversely on the broken lines o f, to provide longitudinal facets Itfor the. body 6 of the needle, the outwardly convergent portions' 10being disposed With their edges in contact, and each of the wing-membersbeing curved outwardly of the plane of a longitudinal facet to providethe prongs 7 normally having'the outward curvature mentioned.

At 9 is indicated a rugose or milled surface tending to prevent theseasoning material from sliding outwardly of the prongs while saidprongs are entering the-meat.

Since theneedle is trian ular in crosssection it may be passed t rough aroast with a minimum force. During the movement of the needletherethrough, the season i ng substance will be engaged by the prongsand will be earned forwardly within the apertureformed b the needle, butwill thereafter become dislodged from the prongs while within saidaperture on account of its engagement or contact with the walls of theaperture.

If the pieces of salt pork, bacon or other seasoning material arecomparatively large, there may be some difiiculty in causing them toenter the aperture formed by the "needle, and in such instances,relative positions shown in Fig. '3, the operator may manually compressthe terminals of the prongs outwardly of the part 8, as by use of thumband fingers while the needle is moving forwardly. until the prongs. havepassed inwardly of the aperture.

the parts being in the While I have shown and described rugoseS'LllifilCBS g for he inner sides of the! 2.13 lerding needle consistingof e recprongs, I do not Wish to 11mm myseli' te ems tangumr plate musedat one of The ends to ieabure, smee ii-he devlee would be OPOI'fii-IVQ-movlde outwardly convergent IIYOZtlC/RS, its

for conductin certain kinds of seesoninq oooosite bein incised on linesooenin t: I I a, 1 1 t; .4L t: meterlal mthout such surfaces. Wnfle theoutwardly, parallel Wliih its slde eoges m rugose surfaces tend to causethe seasoning I PlOVldG prongs, said plate being bent trees materml toremain 1n engagement Wliil the I versely to provide longituclinel theeonver e-nt portions being isposed with their 5 de edges in Contact,each of said prongs being curved out ardly of the plane of a longitudimlfacet.

in testimony whereof I have affixed my gnatme in presence of twoWitnesses.

(HE-08G?) I 1'. PETEJSON. Wild 1 esses I IRA A. S'nmees,

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prongs, it will become disengaged there from during the forward movementof the device.

Having fully described my invention,

but I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1; A landingneedle consisting of an elongated body having a tapered terminal,opposite end. being formed with outwaro curved elastic prongs withrugose surface of this] patent may be obtained for five cents eeeh, byedzhessifig the Gommissimxee of Ietenis,

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